Short Fido Poems

I went to the Vet, for what it's worth,
Give Fido these pills? How on earth?
Fido did the big dummy spit, 
Then he snapped me! Over it!...

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here are the bits of my homework I say
tossing them out of an Oatmeal box
Onto my teacher's desk
They are slimy with saliva
she screams...

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Fido was a little doggy
Who's brain was getting old and foggy
He frequently forgot
Where he had marked the spot
Everywhere he looked was soggy...

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Poor Fido is last in the queue
For cocking his leg on the yew
He hopes the other dogs
Don’t produce poopy logs
He’s bursting to pee and then poo!...

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There was this entrée; they called it bean soup
My pet tasted some, then let out a whoop --
   Doggone it, I exhaled
   As Fido wagged his tail --
While I removed all his stench from the stoop......

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Fido took time watering the large tree
Forced to stand in line at dog park to pee
Fidgeting they can't hold it
Fearing to move they all sit
A pet peeve, with bladder concern; knock-knee

5/1/2024...

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An outdoor wedding, no sign of rain
The bride’s gown had a 10-foot train
     Crossing the lawn to her bequeathed
     Fido snatched the train in his teeth
And Pop watched eight grand go down the drain...

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Dear Fido spies the snow, at which his nose, he's thumbing ...


          For now there's Christmas trees, and that means ... indoor plumbing!







~ 2nd Place ~  in the "A Cute Christmas Couplet (In Rhyme)" Poetry Contest, Andrea Dietrich, Judge & Sponsor....

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He gnawed on his resentment
In public and alone
Like a dog he kept on worrying
The marrow from the bone
Till he gave himself an ulcer
Till his teeth got small and stumpy
Till other dogs said, Hang on, Fang
You’re starting to look grumpy
He wouldn’t leave the thing alone
Just wouldn’t let it lie
Time to put the bone down, Fido
Go on, try

by Gail...

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Fido was a bull dog
Who had a reputation
For being mean and macho
And met with expectation.
He had a spiky collar
He always wore with pride,
And every time he passed a cat
It ran away to hide.
Known by local canines
As neighbourhood top dog,
While other pooches fetched their sticks
Fido fetched a log.
Then one fateful morning
They took him to the vet.
Now Fido has a softer bark
And is quite a placid pet....

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Walking the Dog on a Foggy Morning

Walking the dog on a foggy morning;
Eerie, quiet, meditative time.
Footsteps compete with unseen others,
Humming low to figure define.

Far away a haunting horn,
Lonely you may be, but not forlorn,
The fur on Fido is wet without rain,
Patient, please, with relief again.

Two souls wondering in the mist,
One dreaming of questions of old,
Fog shutting out all the world, and
What the future beyond will hold....

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My bunny is my bestie, but I don’t want to hurt my dog.
So, I do not say it aloud, for Fido is super sensitive most days.
I am followed by geese, a turtle, a sparrow, butterfly and hedgehog.
We are moving together in the most delightful ways.

Even the termites chase me, coming out of their fallen log.
Some of them slide down in to the mud, perhaps in a daze.
Ducks and squirrels surround me, following me to the bog.
This is going to be one of the most endearing days!...

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I told her I would walk her dog,
She had been ill, was in a fog.
So off we went on our little jog
When Fido spied a pesky frog.
Off at a sprint, over a log,
And the two of us landed in a bog.
Clothing's wet, it's all a-sog
Because of this here blasted dog.
Neighbours eyes are all agog
As back up the street the two of us slog.
So the next time she offers a cup of grog
I'll not be suckered into walking the dog.





for Dane Ann Smith Johnsen's "good Deeds" contest...

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